Improvement in boxes for books



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Box for Books.

A No. 198,565. Patented Dec. 25, 187mA INVENTOR Qf, 3M/5% ATTORNEYS.

MPETERS, PNOTOJEITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES EDWARD K. BURKE,

PATENT FFICE.

OF NEVST YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOXES FOR BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,565, dated December25, 1877; application filed November 3, 1877.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD K. BURKE, of

y Vthe city, county, and State of New York, have sponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish boxes to cover and protectbibles and other costly, rare, and beautiful books, and which shall beso' consructed that their covers, sides, and ends may be turned downinto a horizontal position, to enablea book to be used without beingremoved from the bottom of a box.

The invention will flrst be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

-A is the bottom, B B are the sides, C C are the ends, and D is the topor cover, of the box. The bottom A is made a little larger than the bookfor which the box is intended. To the side edges of the bottom A arehinged the lower edges of the sides B B, and to its end edges are hingedthe lower edges of the.ends C C, in such a way that the said sides andends may be turned out into a horizontal position. To the upper edgeofthe back B is hinged the rear ed ge of the cover or top D, so that thesaid top can be turned back when the sides and ends B B C C are closed,as shown in Fig. 2, and can be turned back into a horizontal positionwhen the sides and ends are turned down, as shown in Fig. 1. The sides Bof the box have transverse grooves formed in the inner surface of theirends, to receive tongues formed upon the ends of the end pieces C, soasto form close joints at the corners of the box. The cover D, whenclosed, is secured to the edge of the front side B by a lock or othersuitable fastening.

The hinges for the ends C C may be made like door-hinges, so that thesaid ends may be detached and laid aside when the book is being Iused,if desired. This will be especially convenient in the case of pulpitbibles.

The inner surfaces of the bottom, sides, ends, and top of the box areupholstered or lined with velvet or other suitable material, to preventthe bindingv of the book from being injured.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A Wooden box with ends and sides hinged to bottom,tongued and grooved to t each other, and held together by a cover hingedto top of one side, and locked to the other, as

shown and described.

EDWARD K. BURKE.

Witnesses:

JAMns T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGWIGK.

